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Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all…

Quote byNathaniel Hawthorne · 1804–1864

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Wakefield" (1835) from Twice Told Tales (1837, 1851).

English (original)

Would Time but await the close of our favorite follies, we should all be young men, all of us, and until Doom's Day.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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